Akai MPC 2500 Installation and operating instructions

MPC 2500 Manual Addendum v1.1
Addendum v1.1

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About this Addendum:
The MPC 2500’s operating system is upgradeable and allows us to add features and make
changes to existing features after it has left the factory floor. Because we’re continuously
striving to make your MPC better, the Reference Manual and Quick Start Guides may not
be completely up to date with the latest features.
All changes affecting the user-interface (i.e., anything the user will see) are listed in this
addendum. Internal optimizations, bug fixes, and other changes that are transparent to the
user are not included in this document (since internal changes are mostly geeky,
technical, and don’t affect the user in any way).
This addendum covers all changes that have been made since the publishing of the
Reference Manual and covers all changes up to: Version 1.1

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Audio CD writing
The ability to write stereo and mono audio files to an audio CD has been added. The
disk created will be playable in any audio compact disk player.
1. Write Audio CD
To access the WRITE AUDIO CD function
1. Go to LOAD by pressing the [MODE] key and pressing [PAD 2].
2. Press [F3] (UTILIT).
The UTILITY page will be displayed
3. Select WRITE AUDIO CD in the DO field.
When a disk is inserted into the CD drive, you will see EMPTY DISC in the
DISK STATUS= field, as well as (R) or (RW) indicating whether the disk is a
recordable(R) or rewritable(RW) type CD.
4. Select the location of the audio file you wish to write to the CD.
You can select RAM, Hard disk or Memory card as the source in the FROM
field, as well as which folder it resides. Select the name of the file in the FILE
field. You also can preview the file selected by pressing [F5] (PLAY).
5. Press [F6] (DO IT) to write the file to the disk.
The WRITE CD-R/RW window will be displayed
6. Press [F5](DO IT)
The MPC2500 will begin writing the audio file to the CD.

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Each audio file will be its own individual track. You may repeat the above process
until the disk is full, or you've added all the tracks you wish to have on your CD.
Once you are satisfied with the content of your CD, the CD will need to be closed.
This will finish the CD, and allow it to be played on any compact disk player.
2. Close Session
To access the CLOSE SESSION function
1. From the LOAD or SAVE page, press [F3] (UTILIT).
The UTILITY page will be displayed
2. Select CLOSE SESSION in the DO field.
3. Press [F6] DO IT
The CLOSE SESSION page will be displayed.
4. Press [F5] (DO IT) to close the CD session.

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3. Erase CD-RW
The major advantage CD-RW's have over standard CD-R's is the ability to erase and
rewrite data to the disk before it is closed. Once a CD-RW is closed, a CD-RW, like a
regular CD-R will be able to be played in most compact disk players, but unlike a CD-
R, a CD-RW can be erased and used again.
To access the ERASE CD-RW function
1. From the LOAD or SAVE page. Press [F3] (UTILIT).
The UTILITY page will be displayed
2. Select ERASE CD-RW in the DO field
3. Press [F6] (DO IT) to erase the CD-RW
The ERASE CD-RW page will be displayed.
4. Press [F5] (DO IT) to erase the CD-RW.

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Track Mute Improvements
1. Record Track Mutes
The MPC 2500 now has the ability to record track mute events. Track mute recording
is off by default. To turn on track mute recording, do the following:
1. From the MAIN page, select the MUTE field.
2. Press the [WINDOW] key.
The TRACK MUTE EVENT page will open.
3. select the USE TRACK MUTE EVENTS field and change it to ON.
Also note, a convenient shortcut to the SEQ EDIT page has been added here. Press
[F2] (EDIT) to access the SEQ EDIT page. As further convenience, the VIEW field in
SEQ EDIT is set to TRACK MUTE automatically when SEQ EDIT is accessed in this
way.
Once USE TRACK MUTE EVENTS has been set to ON, pressing [PLAY] and [REC] or
[OVERDUB] in the TRACK MUTE window will allow track mute events to be recorded.
Track mute events are only recorded when in the TRACK MUTE page. TIMING
CORRECT settings will affect the recording of track mute events.
Also, please note, TRACK MUTE is now an available event to be selected in the SEQ
EDIT and STEP EDIT pages.
2. Track Mute Groups
Pads can now be grouped together, so hitting one pad will affect the other pads in
the same group. MUTE GROUP is accessed by pressing [F2] (GROUP) from the
TRACK MUTE page.

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To add a pad to a group, do the following:
1. Press a pad. For an example, press [PAD 1]
The mute group selection for [PAD 1] is selected.
2. Change the selection from OFF to 1.
3. Press another pad. For example, press [PAD 2]
The mute group selection for [PAD 2] is selected.
4. Change the selection from OFF to 1.
Now, press [F1] (MUTE) to return to the MUTE page. Play [PAD 1], and notice that
now [PAD 2] mutes along with [PAD 1]. Up to 16 different mute groups can be
created.
Note: when a pad is pressed while holding SHIFT key, the track mute status of only
the pressed pad is changed, and mute group settings are ignored.

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Improvements to USB connectivity
Now, the MPC 2500 does not have to be disconnected a computer before leaving the
USB page. However, due to the differences between Macintosh and Windows
computers, it is necessary to eject the disk mounted on the Macintosh before leaving
the USB page.
To change the device your computer will have access to via USB, do the following:
1. From the USB page, select the ACCESS TO field.
2. In the ACCESS TO field, select the desired device.
The CHANGE DISK page will appear.
For Windows users, it is recommended that you perform a "Safely Remove
Hardware" before pressing DO IT.
3. Press [F5] (DO IT) to change devices.
In most cases, your computer will detect the new drive automatically, but if for some
reason the drive is not detected, press [F6] (MOUNT) from the USB page.

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MUTE/ STOP Function
The behavior of one-shot samples is now selectable. To choose whether or not one-
shot samples play after stop is pressed, or the track is muted, do the following:
1. From the OTHER page, press [F2] (MISC.) to select the MISC. page.
2. Select the MUTE/STOP OF ONE-SHOT SAMPLES field, and select the desired
behavior
THROUGH: One shot samples are always played until sample end.
IMMEDIATE: One shot samples are stopped immediately when
pressing stop or muting the pad.

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Improved compatibility with MPC 2000XL
1. Support for .ALL and .APS files
Compatibility with the MPC 2000XL was greatly improved, adding ability to
load .ALL and .APS files.
Note:
Due to the differences between MPC 2500 and MPC 2000XL program
organization, to load APS & ALL_SEQ files correctly:
∗You must load APS files first, then load ALL_SEQ file.
∗For best results, if APS & ALL_SEQ files are saved in the same folder, load
the entire folder.
2. Support for 2000XL long file names
Added the ability to read 16 character names of samples from the MPC
2000XL.
NOTE: due to a limitation in the MPC 2000XL file format, 16 character MPC
2000XL names are only supported from CF cards made using MPC2000XL
MCD.